Frontal lobe deficiency
When I start to get really frustrated with my young childrens' behavior, it sometimes helps me to remember that they are essentially mentally deranged. I've heard that girls' brains may not fully develop until well into her late teens. A boy's brain may not help him to make good choices until he is into his 20's. Considering my kids are nearly 6, 4.5, and 2 and a few months and nowhere near their teens and 20's - we can think of them as practically mentally handicapped. They truly have no good ability to be patient, feel empathy, have foresight, anticipate consequences of their behavior, and curb their strong desires.
Exhibit A:
Adam actually got on his hands and knees in the backyard, yesterday, before we could stop him and slurped some water from the dog dish. Thankfully, he spit it right out at the same time Stu was yelling, "Adam, NO! Gross!" and Adam quickly responded, "Iss ok; I spit out, I spit out!"
Exhibit B:
Max cried for almost a half hour this afternoon after he, Ryann, and I played a trivia-type computer game together and he lost to the both of us. Additionally, shortly before the game was over and he realized he was in third place - he purposely started answering questions incorrectly and huffing about how he was going to lose anyway.
Exhibit C:
Ryann routinely squats down near the vehicle in parking lots if she sees an appealing patch of tar. She can't resist poking and prodding it. That warm, mushy tar must feel really neat.
Exhibit D:
None of the children have learned that while playing in the sandbox, it's a very bad idea to lift their hands in the air and let the sand slide through their fingers from some height. Especially if it's windy, this inevitably results in sand in eyes and mouths.
Exhibit E:
All of the children are very proud of their abilities to put their heads/faces under the water in the bathtub. They love to demonstrate this fantastic skill over and over. Quite often, they will get so excited about their achievement that they forget to gasp their air prior to dunking their head and we end up coughing up lungfuls of sudsy bath water.
Exhibit F:
Bathroom humor is insanely funny, anytime, anywhere, but especially at the dinner table.
Exhibit G:
Screaming, running, chasing, wrestling, butt-slapping, butt-pinching, and sitting on one another are a few of their favorite sibling-bonding activities.
I may start slipping fish oil into their meals to try to hasten along the good brain development.
Exhibit A:
Adam actually got on his hands and knees in the backyard, yesterday, before we could stop him and slurped some water from the dog dish. Thankfully, he spit it right out at the same time Stu was yelling, "Adam, NO! Gross!" and Adam quickly responded, "Iss ok; I spit out, I spit out!"
Exhibit B:
Max cried for almost a half hour this afternoon after he, Ryann, and I played a trivia-type computer game together and he lost to the both of us. Additionally, shortly before the game was over and he realized he was in third place - he purposely started answering questions incorrectly and huffing about how he was going to lose anyway.
Exhibit C:
Ryann routinely squats down near the vehicle in parking lots if she sees an appealing patch of tar. She can't resist poking and prodding it. That warm, mushy tar must feel really neat.
Exhibit D:
None of the children have learned that while playing in the sandbox, it's a very bad idea to lift their hands in the air and let the sand slide through their fingers from some height. Especially if it's windy, this inevitably results in sand in eyes and mouths.
Exhibit E:
All of the children are very proud of their abilities to put their heads/faces under the water in the bathtub. They love to demonstrate this fantastic skill over and over. Quite often, they will get so excited about their achievement that they forget to gasp their air prior to dunking their head and we end up coughing up lungfuls of sudsy bath water.
Exhibit F:
Bathroom humor is insanely funny, anytime, anywhere, but especially at the dinner table.
Exhibit G:
Screaming, running, chasing, wrestling, butt-slapping, butt-pinching, and sitting on one another are a few of their favorite sibling-bonding activities.
I may start slipping fish oil into their meals to try to hasten along the good brain development.
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